/tags/salmon Salmon en-US Copyright Mon, 12 May 2025 13:45:17 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-05-12/why-a-contentious-project-to-raise-shasta-dam-could-move-forward-under-trump Enlarging the dam would deliver more Sacramento River water to Central Valley farmers but a tribe could lose sacred sites and endangered salmon could lose habitat in wet years. Mon, 12 May 2025 13:45:17 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-05-12/why-a-contentious-project-to-raise-shasta-dam-could-move-forward-under-trump Alastair Bland /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-04-16/commercial-salmon-season-is-shut-down-again-will-californias-iconic-fish-ever-recover While it’s an unprecedented third year in a row for no commercially caught salmon, brief windows will be allowed for sportsfishing in California. Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:53:45 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-04-16/commercial-salmon-season-is-shut-down-again-will-californias-iconic-fish-ever-recover Alastair Bland /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-04-13/proposed-federal-cuts-jeopardize-pacific-salmon-habitat-restoration-tribal-rights The Trump administration wants to eliminate several programs that benefit Pacific salmon, the iconic but widely threatened species of the Pacific Northwest. Sun, 13 Apr 2025 13:28:19 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-04-13/proposed-federal-cuts-jeopardize-pacific-salmon-habitat-restoration-tribal-rights John Ryan /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-04-06/salmon-return-to-the-klamaths-oregon-waters-but-the-rivers-headwaters-are-still-blocked After decades of conflict, farmers and tribes say they’re working in concert to restore salmon habitat in the Klamath Basin. But two dams remain. Sun, 06 Apr 2025 14:47:02 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-04-06/salmon-return-to-the-klamaths-oregon-waters-but-the-rivers-headwaters-are-still-blocked Cassandra Profita /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-03-22/boat-tours-and-ash-scatterings-help-beleaguered-california-salmon-fleet-stay-afloat With salmon fishing barred off the California coast for two years, fishermen have been running historic boat tours, party cruises, and scattering the ashes of the deceased to try to stay afloat. Now, fishing fleets are gearing up for a third year. Sat, 22 Mar 2025 13:01:23 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-03-22/boat-tours-and-ash-scatterings-help-beleaguered-california-salmon-fleet-stay-afloat Amy Taxin /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-03-13/oregon-streams-fish-protections-face-budget-cuts-under-legislative-proposals Environmental groups and timberland owners are calling on Oregon lawmakers to support a yearslong agreement that will be slashed under current budget proposals. Thu, 13 Mar 2025 23:20:10 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-03-13/oregon-streams-fish-protections-face-budget-cuts-under-legislative-proposals April Ehrlich /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-02-22/dams-power-lines-and-statistics-what-the-bonneville-power-administration-is-and-does Eighty-eight years after its creation by an act of Congress, Bonneville Power is widely viewed as both an engine of prosperity in the Northwest, and — at times — an obstacle to environmental goals and economic growth. Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:45:52 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2025-02-22/dams-power-lines-and-statistics-what-the-bonneville-power-administration-is-and-does Courtney Sherwood /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-12-16/no-way-not-possible-california-has-a-plan-for-new-water-rules-will-it-save-salmon-from-extinction Growers and cities support the Newsom administration proposal, saying it strikes a balance for uses of Delta water. But environmentalists say the “healthy rivers” rules would actually harm California’s iconic salmon. Tue, 17 Dec 2024 01:21:10 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-12-16/no-way-not-possible-california-has-a-plan-for-new-water-rules-will-it-save-salmon-from-extinction Alastair Bland /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-11-30/fishing-for-science-researchers-cast-nets-in-the-newly-freed-klamath-river There's some very sophisticated technology being used to try to understand how migrating salmon and steelhead are re-inhabiting the river, now that four hydroelectric dams have been removed. Then there are other research methods that are as much art as science. Sat, 30 Nov 2024 16:02:56 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-11-30/fishing-for-science-researchers-cast-nets-in-the-newly-freed-klamath-river Juliet Grable /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-11-26/a-126-year-old-dam-comes-down-on-the-illinois-river Crews have finished the demolition of a large dam near Cave Junction that hindered passage of salmon and other fish.. Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:57:32 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-11-26/a-126-year-old-dam-comes-down-on-the-illinois-river Roman Battaglia